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Oak Ridge, TN 36.023°N, 84.234°W · station OQTthr · 80 years of record
91°F
HOTTEST JUL 16 SINCE 2025
forecast high · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Oak Ridge.
85° MON 7/13 88° TUE 7/14 90° WED 7/15 91° THU 7/16 91° FRI 7/17 91° SAT 7/18 90° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #24 / 79
warmest Jul 16 in 79 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 16 ever 100°F
set in 1980
Coolest Jul 16 ever 74°F
set in 1989
Hottest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 16 at Oak Ridge. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
74 87 100 1947: 82°F 1948: 87°F 1949: 80°F 1950: 84°F 1951: 91°F 1952: 95°F 1953: 86°F 1954: 91°F 1955: 86°F 1956: 86°F 1957: 94°F 1958: 82°F 1959: 86°F 1960: 83°F 1961: 81°F 1962: 87°F 1963: 80°F 1964: 86°F 1965: 84°F 1966: 85°F 1967: 81°F 1968: 88°F 1969: 90°F 1970: 86°F 1971: 86°F 1972: 86°F 1973: 83°F 1974: 88°F 1975: 83°F 1976: 90°F 1977: 95°F 1978: 84°F 1979: 90°F 1980: 100°F 1981: 86°F 1982: 90°F 1983: 92°F 1984: 89°F 1985: 86°F 1986: 90°F 1987: 86°F 1988: 95°F 1989: 74°F 1990: 87°F 1991: 90°F 1992: 84°F 1993: 92°F 1994: 84°F 1995: 99°F 1996: 85°F 1997: 95°F 1998: 89°F 1999: 89°F 2000: 88°F 2001: 89°F 2002: 90°F 2003: 86°F 2004: 85°F 2005: 86°F 2006: 93°F 2007: 92°F 2008: 87°F 2009: 87°F 2010: 95°F 2011: 83°F 2012: 91°F 2013: 93°F 2014: 80°F 2015: 90°F 2016: 90°F 2017: 91°F 2018: 89°F 2019: 92°F 2020: 95°F 2021: 91°F 2022: 92°F 2023: 88°F 2024: 98°F 2025: 95°F 91° forecast 1947 1980 2025 Forecast high · Jul 16 91°F Hottest this date since 2025 This-date record 100°F This-date rank #24 of 79
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 105°F (1952) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1947–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Oak Ridge in each calendar month, and for the whole 1947–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 76°F 1999 -17°F 1985 Feb 82°F 2023 -13°F 1996 Mar 87°F 2026 1°F 1980 Apr 92°F 1986 20°F 1987 May 96°F 1948 30°F 1976 Jun 105°F 2012 39°F 1977 Jul 105°F 1952 49°F 1947 Aug 103°F 1983 50°F 1989 Sep 102°F 1954 33°F 1967 Oct 98°F 2019 21°F 1952 Nov 85°F 2016 0°F 1950 Dec 78°F 1982 -7°F 1983 All-time 105°F 1952 -17°F 1985
Records set or tied at Oak Ridge so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 5 broke
plus 6 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (87°F)
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 31 days
record run, ended Aug 29 2007
So far in 2026 20 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Oak Ridge's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 89°F · forecast is +2° vs normal .
Jan: 48°F Jan: 30°F Feb: 53°F Feb: 33°F Mar: 62°F Mar: 39°F Apr: 72°F Apr: 47°F May: 80°F May: 57°F Jun: 86°F Jun: 65°F Jul: 89°F Jul: 69°F Aug: 88°F Aug: 68°F Sep: 83°F Sep: 61°F Oct: 72°F Oct: 49°F Nov: 60°F Nov: 38°F Dec: 51°F Dec: 33°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:30 AM Sunset 6:55 PM Solar noon 11:42 AM Daylight 14h 25m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 36.02°N, 84.23°W Oak Ridge's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Oak Ridge's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Oak Ridge, coloured by temperature — 80 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Oak Ridge — counted through Jul 16 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
20 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — the 24th most in 80 years. Normal for this point: 14 . Record: 37 in 1998.
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